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Extraterrestrial<\/h1>\n
\"Extraterrestrial\"<\/a>
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For years, we’ve been led to believe in ‘little green men from Mars’ and lifeforms from other planets. But what if there really is something to these claims? The movie industry taken advantage of this and have made films to both entertain and frighten us to death. <\/p>\n

E.T.<\/a> was probably the best known of all the extraterrestrials to hit the big screen. Another loveable alien in the movies is Paul<\/a> who hit the screen in 2011.<\/p>\n

And The War of the Worlds on radio back in 1938, narrated and directed by Orson Welles. It caused quite the stir back then. More recently, Jeff Wayne set the program to music. It was serialized on the radio while my husband and I were on holiday in England in 2005. We were so enthralled by it, that before we flew home we purchased the CDs.<\/p>\n

Here’s a portion of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds. <\/p>\n